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From property to local government, economic sectors are meeting the climate change challenge head on. Now the federal government must get on board. Anna Malos, Project Manager, climate and energy policy, ClimateWorks Australia Amandine Denis-Ryan, Head of National Programs, ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The biggest solar farm to be built in Australia outside of its two main grids in nearing completion, and miners are already counting the savings.

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US biofuel credit (RIN) values under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) surged by 11% on Monday after Democratic nominee Joe Biden was projected to win the presidency over the weekend, but prices swiftly came off over the course of the morning.

Switzerland has successfully completed its first carbon allowance auction since linking its emissions trading scheme with that of the EU.

Correspondence between federal and WA governments shows Scott Morrison proposed a bill as early as February

The federal government was preparing to legislate to hand environmental approval powers to state governments at the beginning of the year, well in advance of recommendations from a review of national laws that proposed such changes.

Documents obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws show Scott Morrison told the Western Australian premier, Mark McGowan, in February he wanted to introduce a bill to transfer environmental approval powers to state governments by midyear.

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Former senior officers of renewable energy agencies say government’s bill would undermine Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s independence

Former leaders of Australia’s renewable energy agencies have called on MPs to reject the Morrison government’s changes to the publicly owned green bank that would explicitly allow it to fund fossil fuel projects.

Under the changes, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) would take responsibility for a long-promised $1bn “grid reliability fund” to underwrite new electricity generation, including fossil fuel power plants that run on gas.

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Researchers say trend could lead to supply problems and hinder efforts to promote healthy eating

The UK is increasingly reliant on fruit and vegetables imported from countries most vulnerable to the effects of the climate crisis, which could lead to supply problems, experts say.

A study published in Nature Food on Monday found that the proportion of fruit and vegetables supplies in the UK that was grown domestically dropped from 42% in 1987 to 22% in 2013. At the same time, the proportion imported from “climate-vulnerable” countries – those worst hit by climate breakdown – increased from 20% to 32%.

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The International Consultant (IC) on identification and facilitation of private sector investments in support of the national REDD+ strategy (hereafter ‘the Consultant’) will provide technical assistance to the Government of Malaysia in the development and establishment of a sustainable and overarching investment plan that will guide the allocation of investments that will support the implementation of the country’s REDD+ strategy.

Background Climate Finance Policy Analyst or Sr. Policy Analyst  Join us in the fight to hold Wall Street accountable, and make finance work for us, not against us.  Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) is seeking a Policy Analyst to drive a developing area of work leveraging AFREFs expertise on financial regulation to contribute to the […]

The Policy Director, Climate Justice will be responsible for developing and advancing a climate justice agenda at Audubon including understanding, addressing, integrating and adding issues of environmental justice across Audubon’s climate state and federal policy portfolio.

Pachama is looking for a new team member to help lead and coordinate our strategy and full development of our carbon supply to achieve our mission. This role will be responsible for helping to define and then build a quality supply of forest carbon credits on Pachama's platform.

EU carbon prices surged by nearly 7% to a one-month high on Monday, tracking wider financial markets higher on positive news surrounding the race for a COVID-19 vaccine.

The coronavirus mutation found in farmed mink in Denmark has arisen in the past, genetic data shows.

Greg Gianforte, who pleaded guilty to assaulting a Guardian reporter, has previously tried to strip environmental protections

Admirers of national parks and world-class trout streams in the state of Montana have expressed alarm over the election of a new Republican governor and his environmental plans.

The governor, former software developer Greg Gianforte, has in the past sought to strip protections from 700,000 acres of wilderness, and his conservative “Montana Comeback Plan” election platform promises to “streamline” permitting processes to increase logging, coalmining, and oil and gas production.

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The climate won’t wait for us to sort out coronavirus, but rich people are still destroying it

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In wake of Covid, leading figures call for bold green measures to boost economy

World leaders are running out of time to forge a green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, with only a year to go before a crunch UN summit that will decide the future of the global climate, leading experts have warned.

Progress on a green recovery, which would reduce emissions while repairing the damage from the pandemic, has been hampered by the need for an emergency rescue of stricken economies around the world and the resurgence of the coronavirus in Europe, the US and some other countries.

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Life-cycle assessments of food packaging often omit the impact and possible toxicity of plastics leaking into the environment. Excluding these factors gives plastics an unjustified advantage. Trisia Farrelly, Senior Lecturer, Massey University Hannah Blumhardt, Senior Associate at the Institute of Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Takunda Y Chitaka, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of the Western Cape Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Rabobank is looking for a Senior Manager, Climate Risk to join its Enterprise Risk Management Team on a full-time permanent basis and will be responsible for embedding climate change risk within Rabobank Region Australia, New Zealand.

This is a position within a small dedicated team to lead audits and investigations to verify compliance with the ETS requirements.